Zaka 100 za Morris
William Morris anali ndi chikhumbo chopanga galimoto pamtengo womwe aliyense angakwanitse.
Ngati mukudabwa chifukwa chomwe mwakhala mukuwona magalimoto a Morris m'miyezi ingapo yapitayi, ndichifukwa eni ake akukondwerera zaka 100 za William Morris akumanga galimoto yake yoyamba ku Oxford mu Epulo 2013.
Morris Oxford idatchedwa Bullnose mwachangu chifukwa cha radiator yake yozungulira. Kuchokera paziyambi zazing'onozi, bizinesi idakula mwachangu ndikukula kukhala gulu lapadziko lonse lapansi mkati mwa zaka 20.
Mofanana ndi opanga magalimoto ambiri oyambirira, Morris anakulira pafamu ndipo anasamuka kufunafuna ntchito. Anayamba kugwira ntchito m’sitolo yanjinga ndipo kenaka anatsegula yake.
Mu 1900, Morris anaganiza zopita kupanga njinga zamoto. Pofika m’chaka cha 1910, n’kuti atayambitsa kampani ya taxi komanso yobwereketsa magalimoto. Anachitcha kuti "Morris Garages".
Monga Henry Ford, William Morris ankafuna kupanga galimoto pamtengo wogula aliyense. Mu 1912, mothandizidwa ndi Earl of Macclesfield, Morris adayambitsa Morris Oxford Manufacturing Company.
Morris adaphunziranso njira zopangira za Henry Ford, adayambitsa njira yopangira, ndipo adapeza chuma mwachangu. Morris adatsatiranso njira yogulitsa ya Ford yodula mitengo nthawi zonse, zomwe zidapweteka omwe amapikisana nawo ndikulola Morris kuti apambane malonda omwe akuchulukirachulukira. Pofika 1925 inali ndi 40% ya msika waku UK.
Morris nthawi zonse adakulitsa mitundu yake yamagalimoto. MG (Morris Garages) poyambirira anali "ntchito yapamwamba" Oxford. Kukula kofunikira kudapangitsa kuti ikhale yopangidwira yokha pofika 1930. Anagulanso mtundu wa Riley ndi Wolseley.
Morris munthu anali munthu wamphamvu, wodzidalira. Ndalama zitayamba kulowa, adayamba kuyenda maulendo ataliatali apanyanja, koma adalimbikira kupanga zisankho zonse zofunika zabizinesi ndi malonda payekha.
Kwa nthawi yayitali yomwe sanakhalepo, kupanga zisankho kumakonda kugwa ndipo mamenejala ambiri aluso adasiya ntchito mothedwa nzeru.
Mu 1948 Sir Alex Issigonis adatulutsidwa, wopangidwa ndi Morris Minor. Morris wokalamba sanakonde galimotoyo, adayesa kuletsa kupanga kwake ndipo anakana kuwonekera nayo.
Mu 1952, chifukwa cha mavuto azachuma, Morris adalumikizana ndi mdani wamkulu Austin kuti apange British Motor Corporation (BMC), kampani yachinayi padziko lonse lapansi yamagalimoto panthawiyo.
Ngakhale mapangidwe otsogola m'makampani monga Mini ndi Morris 1100, BMC sinapezenso kupambana komwe Morris ndi Austin adakondwera nako pomwe anali makampani osiyana. Pofika kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980, Leyland, monga momwe ankadziŵikira panthawiyo, anali pansi pa madzi.
Morris anamwalira mu 1963. Tiyerekeze kuti pali magalimoto pafupifupi 80 a Bullnose Morris omwe akugwira ntchito ku Australia lero.
David Burrell, mkonzi wa retroautos.com.au
